The concept of community gatekeepers might explain part of the fundamental divide relating to political conversation happening in the US. There are different g

The concept of community gatekeepers might explain part of the fundamental divide relating to political conversation happening in the US. There are different groups, different codes, different value systems. These groups would never naturally converge. Bringing them together would require an impossible amount of effort. The power structure will actively reject attempts to coopt the group thinking by the other. One example from academia that comes to mind is the divide between 'freshwater' and 'saltwater' economics. Teasing out most effective codes for persuasion and influence would be an interesting exercise.